What is a Geriatric Care Manager?
- Health and human services specialist who helps families who are caring for older relatives
- Trained and experienced in social work, nursing or psychology with a specialized focus on issues related to aging and elder care
- Experienced guide and resource for families of older adults and others with chronic needs, including helping those suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease or Parkinsons or exhibiting symptoms of dementia
Geriatric care managers who are members of the National
Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
are committed to adhering to the NAPGCM Pledge of Ethics
and Standards of Practice.
-National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (www.caremanager.org)
Member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
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Geriatric Care Management
As a family member of an older relative, do you feel lost in a maze? Caring for a person in today’s complex world of healthcare, long term care, insurance and senior housing can sometimes feel a little overwhelming. Geriatric care managers help older persons and their family caregivers through the “maze”.
Through comprehensive assessment, care planning and coordination, older persons receive guidance and connection to community resources and ongoing assistance to be sure they are safe and enjoying life. Families have peace of mind that their loved ones have physical and emotional quality of life. Everyone has a trusted professional who is knowledgeable, objective and will keep the best interests of the older persons in mind.
Examples of what geriatric care management may include:
*Assistance coming home from the hospital or rehab center
*Accompaniment to medical appointments
*Insuring older person is receiving and taking prescribed medications
*Screening for dementia or depression
*Referral to community services, health services and entitlement programs
*Consultation on safe driving
*Assessment for appropriate level of care
*Consultation on how to balance caregiving with other life responsibilities
*Identifying medical equipment and supplies for enhanced comfort and functioning.
Senior Caregiving Solutions works with family caregivers who want:
•Quality care for their loved one at home or in a facility
Quality care for their loved one at home or in a facility •Answers to complex medical situations
Answers to complex medical situations•Choices that are best for their parents
Choices that are best for their parents•Assurance their parents are well-cared for if the caregivers
Assurance their parents are well-cared for if the caregivers live out-of-town
•Reliable information about resources and services
Reliable information about resources and services•Trusted relationship with a professional they can turn to for help
Trusted relationship with a professional they can turn to for help•Fierce advocate for their loved one
Fierce advocate for their loved oneWhat are the Benefits of Using a Geriatric Care Manager?
Geriatric Care Managers can serve the needs of their clients with the following services:
• Personalized and compassionate service - focusing on the individual's wants and needs
• Accessibility - service available wherever the older adult needs the care manager (home, hospital, assisted living facility, skilled nursing center)
• Continuity of care management - communications coordinated between family members, doctors and other professionals, and service providers
• Cost savings - inappropriate placements, duplication of services, and unnecessary hospitalizations avoided
Serving southcentral Pennsylvania: Lebanon, Lancaster, Berks, Dauphin, Cumberland and York Counties Call (717) 228-8067
“I want to thank you for assisting myself and our family in a very difficult period in our lives. We needed guidance and last minute changes and aid and you were very gracious to provide it. You went out of your way to engage and follow up on very difficult issues our family has been desperately trying to resolve. We could not have done it without you. We look forward to working with you again as more trying and difficult times lie ahead. Thank you so much.”
– Lorie K, Mechanicsburg, PA
